Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 For Nagios XI Installation Guide March 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 2: System requirements...................................................................................................5 System requirements for management systems......................................................................................................... 5 System requirements for managed systems............................................
1 Introduction This guide provides information about the software requirements, system requirements, and the steps to install and uninstall the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios XI. This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor the supported Dell devices in environments managed by Nagios XI. This plug-in gives you complete hardware-level visibility of Dell devices, including overall and component-level health monitoring.
2 System requirements To discover iDRAC devices by using the Dell OpenManage Plug-in, you can opt for either SNMP or WS-MAN protocol based on your requirement. However, to discover Dell storage devices, you must use the SNMP protocol and to discover Dell chassis, you must use WS-MAN protocol. Table 1. Dell devices and their supported protocols.
Operating system requirements ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.2 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.7 (64-bit) System requirements for managed systems A managed system is a supported Dell device that you are monitoring. The requirements for the managed systems are as follows: Table 2. Supported firmware versions for Dell servers Dell Servers iDRAC Firmware Versions Dell 12th generation of PowerEdge servers 2.30.30.30 and 2.21.21.
3 Downloading and installing the Dell OpenManage Plug-in 1. Download the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios XI installer from the Dell support website at Dell.com/ support or from Nagios exchange at exchange.nagios.org/. The installer is packaged as a .tar.gz file named Dell_OpenManage_Plugin_v1.0_Nagios_XI_A00.tar.gz. 2. Navigate to the location where you have downloaded the file, and extract its contents. The following files are extracted: ● Dell_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard.
4 Post installation requirements This section lists the optional steps that you need to perform based on your monitoring requirements. Once you have successfully installed the Dell OpenManage Plug-in, you must perform the steps listed in the sections below based on your monitoring requirement. ● Configuring alerts or events if you want to monitor traps. ● Configuring Dell Knowledge Base (KB) articles to be able to view more information about the alerts or events (traps) received.
/usr/local/nagios/ If you have installed Nagios XI in a non default path, then, perform the following steps to integrate this path: 1. Navigate to cd /html/includes/configwizards/ Dell_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/script and run the following command: ./postinstall.sh nagiosinstallpath 2. Provide the path where the submit_check_result.sh script file is installed and then press ENTER. 3.
5 Uninstalling the Dell OpenManage Plug-in 1. Login to Nagios XI console with your credentials. The Nagios XI home page is displayed. 2. Click the Admin tab. 3. In the left pane, under System Extensions, click Manage Config Wizards. The Manage Configuration Wizards page is displayed. 4. Locate the Dell Plug-in under Wizard Information and click the (Delete) button under Actions , to uninstall the Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI wizard.
6 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. ● Direct links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management—https:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions—https://www.dell.com/SoftwareManuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://www.dell.
7 Related Documentation In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available on the Dell Support website at Dell.com/support/ manuals.
